DREAM
THE
BALLYNEAL, TAKE A BOW
IF ONLY YOU COULD...
LEGENDARYCOURSE
architect Pete Dye—
with his wife Alice and
300 helpers—turned an
overgrown rocky wasteland
along the Casa de Campo
coral coastline into one
of the most stunning golf
Ballyneal, Holyoke, Colorado, USA
Photography by Evan Schiller
GREAT COURSES are blessed with a
stunning landscape, dramatic design
and a magical aura—think Ballybunion,
Carnoustie and St Andrews. And in most cases
these hallowed tracks have been around for
ages. But smack bang in the middle of the USA
there’s a stunning track just five years old. And
it’s already managed to surround itself with a
mystique similar to famous Great Britain layouts.
Welcome to Ballyneal. It’s a Tom Doak classic and
it all started with a young boy’s dream...